World War II
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Fallen

County:
Divide

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
Coxswain

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in the attack on Pearl Harbor

Biography:

born Mountain Lake, Minn 10 Aug 08; resident Divide County, NDak; entered US Navy Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 8 Aug 40; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 7 Dec 41 Pearl Harbor; buried in Row F, Grave 876, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; Honolulu, Hawaii.